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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pages 35, from the sentence that starts, “I had so to speak only one leg…” through page 54, the sentence that starts “Yes, that struck me as less strange…”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Molloy tell the police he is going?
(a) Home.
(b) To the forest.
(c) To the sea.
(d) To his mother.

2. Molloy calls his mother a “uniparous whore” (19) — What does uniparous mean?
(a) Mentally ill.
(b) Having only one eye.
(c) Having only one child.
(d) Incontinent.

3. How does Molloy say his mother knew him?
(a) By smell.
(b) By sound.
(c) By taste.
(d) By touch.

4. What does Molloy say is “not an easy matter” (24)?
(a) Answering policemen’s questions.
(b) Finding his way in the dark.
(c) Applying the letter of the law to someone like him.
(d) Learning his mother’s address.

5. What does the man who visits Molloy leave behind when he visits?
(a) Money.
(b) Instructions.
(c) Books.
(d) A bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Molloy say Lousse’s parrot says?

2. What does Molloy say he wants to finish?

3. How does Molloy say his hat is attached to his clothing?

4. When Molloy asked for his clothes, what did the valet tell him at first?

5. What is Molloy trying to do at the beginning of the novel?

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